Curiculum Vitae
1979 Hernando Rico Sanchez is born in Bogota, Colombia.
Currently live and work in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, USA.
Education:
2010 Universidad de Alcala. Liceus. Master in museum studies. Madrid - Spain.
2008 BFA at Kean University. “Magna CumLaude”. New Jersey - USA.
1999 Art Student League of New York. New York - USA.
1998 – 99 Studies of fine arts under the tutoring of Argentine artist Francisco Ruiz. Bogota - Colombia
1997 – 98 Studies Of fine arts under the Tutoring of Colombian artist Rodrigo Carvajal (ROCA) Bogota - Colombia
Residencies:
2010 - 11 J City Theater Artis in residency (Gallery 9 creation - Director & Curator project), J City Theater, Jersey City, USA
2018 Centro Cultural Antonio Montes, Málaga, Spain.
Museum Exhibitions:
2018 The Noyes Museum Art Garage ”Raw 2018” Atlantic City, New Jersey - USA
2012 The Monmouth Museum, "Juried Photography Exhibition" Lincroft, New Jersey - USA
2011 Alexandria Museum of Art "24th September Competition Exhibition" Alexandria, Louisiana -USA
2010 The Monmouth Museum, "Art from the Found Objects" Lincroft, New Jersey - USA
2010 LaGrange Art Museum, “Biennale Lagrange National XXVI” Lagrange, Georgia – USA
2007 Provincial Museum of Fine Art Rosa Galisteo. "M.I.A.D Venado Tuerto" City of Santa Fe – Argentina
Exhibitions on Galleries & Alternative Spaces:
2023 Passaic Art Center at the John W Rea House, Tribulations, Hawthrone, New Jersey - USA (Solo Show)
2023 Workshop 13, Altered Reality. Ware, Maryland - USA
2023 Woman Made Gallery, Roe 2.0 - It Ain’t Over Yet! Virtual Exhibition, Chicago, Ilinois - USA
2022 Anthropology of Motherhood, Row Vs Wade, Virtual exhibition - USA
2022 Hamilton Street Gallery, Red Hot Extremism, New Jersey - USA
2022 The Gallery Space, WE+THEY=Us! Rahway, New Jersey - USA
2021 Artelatam “Diversidad Juntos” Online base exhibition. New York, New York - USA
2020 Las Laguna Gallery “Political Discourse” Laguna Beach, California - USA
2020 William V. Mustos Cultural Center “Allegorias” Union city, New Jersey - USA (solo show)
2020 Artelatam “Croma” Online base exhibition. New York, New York - USA
2019 Noyes Art Museum of Art, Art Garage “Raw 2018 – Photograph Exhibition, New Jersey – USA
2015 Art Guild of New Jersey, "Roots / Raices" - Rahway, NJ, USA.
2014 Charles Krause Reporting Fine Art Gallery, “Lines Drawn” – Washington DC, Maryland, USA
2014 Passaic County Community College Art galleries, “Feelings /Sentimientos” – Paterson, New Jersey, USA
2013 Therese A. Maloney art Gallery "Held Against Their Will" - Morristown, New Jersey, USA
2012 The Gabarron Foundation / Carriage House Center for the Arts, "Two Hemispheres", New York, New York, USA
2012 The Clara M. Eagle Gallery, "White Hot Gold" Murray State University, Murray - Kentucky, USA
2011 Visual art society of Texas "43rd Annual Visual Art Exhibition", Denton - Texas, USA
2011 Visual Art Center Of New Jersey " 25th International Juried Show" Summit, New Jersey, USA
2010 J City Theater "Jersey Shorts" Jersey City, New Jersey - USA (solo show)
2010 Meryland Federation of Art "Eye of the Beholder: The Art of the Found Object" Annapolis, Meryland - USA
2010 Nathan D. Rosen Museum Gallery “Art 2010” Boca Raton, Florida – USA
2009 Gallery RFD “Sweet Escape” Swainsboro, Georgia - USA
2009 J City Theater "Passion" Jersey City, New Jersey - USA (solo show)
2008 Museum of the Americas, “international Art exhibition” Doral, Florida – USA
2008 Pierro gallery of South Orange, “Wake up! Are we desensitized?” South Orange, New Jersey - USA
2008 James Howe Art Gallery “Expression, Fragility & Humanity” Union, New Jersey – USA. (solo show)
2006 Altered Esthetics Gallery “Guerrilla art show“. Minneapolis, Minnesota - USA
2005 Dublin's tsunami-aid auction at the RHA auction house. Dublin – Ireland.
2003 James Howe Art Gallery. Union, New Jersey – USA.
1999 Artist Space Gallery “ Night of the 1000 drawings”. New York, New York – USA.
1999 Hungarian Cultural House “Contemporary artist exhibit”. New York, New York – USA.
Art Fair & Festivals:
2005 15 Art Fair Tuyap Istanbul “Artists 2005”. Istanbul – Turkey.
2005 Third International Art Festival “Chania 2005”. Chania, Creta – Greece.
Colaborations:
2004-07 Hrsanchez in cooperation with artist Sandor Barics give live to Blubark Art Group in Copenhagen, Denmark creating multiple digital projects.
Body surfing
Santo Subito
Children’s of the dump
Art Shows curated:
Hands Help Hands Foundation
2019 Art in a world full of hands, featuring artworks created by the children of the Hands Help Hands
Foundation. Art for Hands Gallery, West New York, NJ, USA.
2019 Co-curated “Chromatic Genesis” Gabrial Calero”s solo show, Art for Hands Gallery, West New
York, NJ, USA.
2017 Totem Exhibition & Live Auction presented by Hands Help Hands Foundation at Hands for Mental
Health project, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, USA
J City Theater “Gallery 9“
2011 Race, Photographs by Noa Griffel, Jersey City, NJ, USA.
2011 “Emerge”, “Artist exhibited: Xiang Domingez, Tracy Deer, Daniel Ezquivia Zapata, Geraldine
Anderson Gaines & Hernando Rico Sanchez” Jersey City, NJ, USA.
2011 Private Eyes, “Artist exhibited: Aileen Bassis and Margaret Weber”, Jersey City, NJ, USA.
2010 Gun Shy “Artist Exhibited: Daniel Brophy & Nelson Álvarez” Jersey City, NJ, USA.
2010 Jersey City Studio Tour “Artist Exhibited: Peg McCreary, lucio Fernandez & Bonnie Gloris”
Jersey City, NJ, USA.
2010 State of the Unión “Artist Exhibited: Daniel Esquivia Zapata, Pablo Marín, Lucio Fernández,
Pablo Caviedes & Renelio Marín” Jersey City, NJ, USA.